Isn't it amazing how one little event can change one's entire life? In the course of MITM, the Pilot episode, when Malcolm becomes a krelboyne, changes his life forever. He's always been a bit nerdy, and maybe never the perfect kid, as judged by his peers. But being a Krelboyne will have a huge effect on the rest of his life.
In his three years as a Krelboyne, all he wants is to fit in. Sometimes he acts weirdly, but he usually manages to fit in somehow with the Krelboynes. When he enters high school, he no longer has this protection of a single Krelboyne class. He's forced to associate with the other students, and he wants to show them he's not the geek they think he is. The problem is that he is this geek, and as he fails, he becomes more and more depressed. Life is like a carousel; you go around and around and around, but never actually get anywhere. Malcolm's no longer a Krelboyne, but he's still rejected by his peers, and it will have big effects, whether good or bad, for the rest of his life.
"Life doesn't give you a lot of opportunities to advance." -Lois, S1. Did being a Krelboyne give him an opportunity to advance?
In his three years as a Krelboyne, all he wants is to fit in. Sometimes he acts weirdly, but he usually manages to fit in somehow with the Krelboynes. When he enters high school, he no longer has this protection of a single Krelboyne class. He's forced to associate with the other students, and he wants to show them he's not the geek they think he is. The problem is that he is this geek, and as he fails, he becomes more and more depressed. Life is like a carousel; you go around and around and around, but never actually get anywhere. Malcolm's no longer a Krelboyne, but he's still rejected by his peers, and it will have big effects, whether good or bad, for the rest of his life.
"Life doesn't give you a lot of opportunities to advance." -Lois, S1. Did being a Krelboyne give him an opportunity to advance?